Method of fabricating merchandise holders and display devices



Nov. 30, 1948. F. H. BOWERS 2,455,109

METHOD OF FABRICATING MERCHANDISE HOLDERS AND DISPLAY DEVICES Filed Junel 28, 1945 Patented Nov. 30, 1948 umn-:D :STATES prefissi" orti-ci.:

Mnrnop oF FABaicA'riNo MERCHANDISE Y noLniiasANn DISPLAY Devices :Fredrick .QH-'Bowers Kalamemazlliih. application ,rune-2s, 1945, nsedici No 602.0831

'i lThis invention relates to improvementsin inerc-handise vholder-s and display devices, Aand to a method of fabricating the same, Vhaving for one of its objects, -to provide -a 'novel andcomparatively-inexpensively produceable `device for eiectually holding and attractively and unique-ly display-ing merchandise containing packets.

Another object of the invention is to :provide a device of the stated character, by means of which various articles of merchandise may be conveniently and efficiently retained in package form, protected from soilage and/or shop wear and, when desired, readily disengaged or removed for -sale l'without damage to either the removed package or the holder thereof.

lThe invention also vaims :to provide -a merchandise holder and `display device so constructed that it and the merchandise containing lpackets supported thereby `will occupy only Ja minimum of space, but nevertheless, -will be possessed of al1 essential merchandising advantages and `rfeatures, i. e., dis-play appeal,y xsecurity Vof product '-packaging, practical" simplicity of product removal both from the holder and the packet, and manufacturing economies. f f

Another important fea-ture .of the linvention resides in the advantageous and novel method of producing the device, whereby the holder and the merchandise receiving packets are produced from .a single .piece .of stock material, arecovered and packaged with the least ndsdilple number of operations `and the least .possible amount of materials, and are of simple, rugged and durable character.

The foregoing, .aswell .as vother objects, Iadvantages and meritorious teachings of the invention, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the ,following .detailed disclosure thereof, when taken :in conjunctionV with the accompanying drawings; it .being `understood that the .particular form .of Ythe invention presented herein is a .precise and what is nowconsidered :to be the best mode of embodying its principles, but that mcdilications and changes may be made in specific embodiments without departing from its essential features.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one oi the sheets of material employed to cover the opposite sides of the display device body, one corner thereof being turned to show the application of an adhesive to its reverse side.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the body of the device.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the i claim. (ci. 9.3.-,.-39y

`2 dev-ice lloool-y taken -onI the :line .3-3 of `Figure L2, looking in the direction in which the arrows point.

Figure 4 is -a longitudinal section .through the bod-y of the device l.which has one Yof `its sidescov.- ered with Ysheet material, such .as shown in .Figure 1, and wherein merchandise has been placed in the retaining openings provided .to the lde.- vice bod-y. Y

Figur e I5 is a .similar section having the lopposite side of ivthe device body 4covered by a .single sheetof material, 'such .as Lsho-Wn in Figure-51, whereby the remaining ends .of .the merchandise receiving openings in -the device 'body .are'iclosed and the merchandise yreceived in such openings is 'thereby securely packaged.

Figure `6 is a side elevation merchandising device.

llligure v'is :a longitudinal lsection .taken ion the line 1L-'i oi Figure L6,4 looking in the direction Ain which lthe arrows point, and

Figure 8 is -a 4transverse'section taken .on the line .'8--25v of IFigure .6, looking ,in the ldirection :in which the arrows point.

Having more particular .reference .to .the draw, ings',.theinumera1 I generally .designates .a preferably -rectangularly v.shaped 'Ibody "made :of vform sustaining 'materiah such as cardboard, ibie board, composition, etc., having a plurality of definitely of .the Acompleted :spaced rgroups of .correspondingly shaped and sized .openings 2 'termed therein ap..- propriately .throughout its area. .Over'ione face sideof the lbody il apiece oflsimilarly .shapedland sized sheet material vsuch ,as 4paper or `other comparatively easily rupturalole material `is engagedland .secured lthereto .by 4an .applied ad.- hesive, thus facing said `side and also, .closing the adjacent ends Aof the `variousgroupsof openings .2, as will Abe observed upon :reference gto Figure A .of the drawings.

Articles such, rior example, las .thesogcalled iiints .f(bodies of 4pyrophoric .material .use'd zin pyrophoric pocket `lighters, .are placed into `.each oi the vopenings 2, iwhereupcniasecond piece .of sheet material 5, corresponding in shape, size and structure to the piece 3, is engaged over and adjoined to the opposite and remaining side of the body l, thus closing the remaining ends of its openings 2. Jointure of this second piece of sheet material 5 to the body l may, of course, be eiected by applying a suitable adhesive thereto.

Because oi the closing of the ends of the article receiving and retaining openings 2 in the body l, it will be seen that an effective individual packing of the ints will be provided.

The assembly thus made, including the opening provided body l and the opposite side covering sheets 3 and 5, is now die cut through one side thereof to a depth or distance approximately mid-Way of said body, as indicated at E. Thereupon, the body is reversely positioned and then die cut through its opposite side, as at l, to a point in proximity to the inner extremities of the rst cutswl. The second made die cuts 1 in the body I, as shown inFigures 7 and 8, are laterally olfset with relation to the first made cuts and,

as will be noted, do not connect therewith. Consequently, the adjacent intermediate portions of the body l remain intact for a purpose which Vwill be presently apparent.

The die cuts 6 and 'I are made in the body l in a manner to completely inclose or circumscribe each of the individual groups of openings 2 formed therein (see Figure 6). Preferably, the die cuts are so relatively arranged and joined to each other as to present rectangularly shaped formations, though it is to be understood that such formations may be changed as conditions or preference may dictate, `insolong as they are effected in a manner to completely surround or embrace therewithin all of the openings 2 of a ,particular or single group and that all such groups of openings 2 shall be so embraced.

It is to be understood that any desired number ofgroups of openings 2 may be formed in the device body l and that such number will, in the main,zbe regulated by the character of their respective dispositions within the body and the overall size or areaof said body.

The body l and its covering sheets 3 and 5, may be longitudinally perforated or formed with openings 8 along and adjacent one side thereof. In this manner, they may be permanently or temporarily connected by suitable binding devices (not shown) and thus retained in book or cumulated form. Moreover, the device bodies l and their covering sheets 3 and 5, plus articles of merchandise housed or packaged thereby, may be retained between the covers of suitable permanent or temporary binders.

In the use of a. packaging device such as above described, when it is desired to remove a merchandise packet therefrom, pressure is applied to one side of one of the panel-like sections embraced by the hereinbefore described die cuts 6 and 1, thus rupturing or tearing the adjacent intermedaite body portions between the inner ends of the die cuts 6 and 'I and permitting the particularly engaged panel-like section or packet to be freely removed therefrom. When a panellike section or merchandise containing packet has been removed from the device body I, the merchandise retained within the particular group of openings 2 formed therein may be readily removed from the pockets 2 of its particular body portion, by appropriately engaging a suitable implement with the packet adjacent one of the openings 2 and then thrusting such implement through the adjacent rupturable sheet material 3 or 5, into and through said pocket and through the adjacent portion or the remaining piece of rupturable material 3 or 5. The merchandise 4 will be thus ejected from its opening 2.

At this point, attention is particularly directed to the fact that because of the relatively lateral osetting of the oppositely disposed die cuts 6 and l in the body I and the covering sheets 3 and 5, as well shown in Figure 6 of the drawings, the jointure of the die cut circumscribed portions of the device with adjacent portions thereof will be materially weakenedweakened to such an extent that they may be readily broken away upon the application of comparatively slight pressure thereto. Irrespective of such weakening of the jointure between the die cut inscribed portions of the device body and the remainder thereof, however, the panel-like packets will be eiectually retained within the body l until deliberately removed therefrom in the manner hereinbefore described.

Whereas, I have herein described, with some degree of particularity, my improved merchandise holder and display device as receiving flints, it will be fully understood and appreciated that various articles of merchandise may be received within the grouped openings 2 of the body I also, that the shape and size of the various groups of openings 2 may be varied or changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Iclaim:

A method for producing a merchandise holder and display device, which consists of forming a plurality of groups of openings in a sheet-like form sustaining body; covering one side of the body with a sheet lof material whereby to permit retention of articles in said openings; covering the opposite side of the body with a second sheet of material to close the remaining sides of the openings in said body, and then cutting thro-ugh each of said sheets of material in continuous lines circumscribing each of said groups of openings in said body and extending said ,continuous circumscribing cuts partially through the body in relatively different and offset planes.

, FREDRICK H. BOWERS.

RERENCESA CITED The following references are of record in the nie of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Wilhelm Oct. 9, 1945 

